Hard Traveling
by Woody Guthrie
Hard Traveling is one of Woody Guthrie's songs in the public domain, he wrote and published in 1946.
I been a having some hard traveling I thought you knowed I been a having some hard traveling Way Down the road I been a having some hard traveling Hard rambling, hard gambling I been a having some hard traveling, Lord. I been a riding them fast rattlers I thought you knowed I been a riding them flat wheelers Way down the road I been a riding them blind passengers Dead enders kickin' up cinders I been a having some hard traveling, Lord.I been a working in a hard rock tunnel I thought you knowed I been a leaning on a pressure drill Way down the road Hammer flyin, air hose suckin' Six feet and mud I sure been a mucking I been a having some hard traveling, Lord. I been a working that Pittsburgh steel I thought you knowed I been a working that red hot slag Way down the road I been a blastin, I been a firin' I been a duckin' red hot iron I been a having some hard traveling, Lord. I been hittin' some hard harvestin' I thought you knowed I been hitting some rough handling Way down the road Cut that wheat and stack that hay Tryin' to make about a dollar a day I been a having some hard traveling, Lord. I been a layin' in a hard rock jail I thought you knowed I been a layin' out ninety days Way down the road Mean old judge he says to me It's ninety days for vagrancy I been a havin' some hard traveling, Lord. I been a hittin' that Lincoln Highway I thought you knowed I been a hittin' that Sixty-Six Way down the road Heavy load and a worried mind Lookin' for a woman That's hard to find I been a havin' some hard old traveling, Lord.
Hard Traveling
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You may also enjoy populist poet and folk singer, Carl Sandburg's poem, Prayers of Steel.
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